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Starz May Resurrect ‘Divergent’ Franchise with ‘Ascendant’ TV Series!!!

The Divergent movie franchise may get its conclusion after all. Lionsgate and Summit’s adaptation of the YA book trilogy by Veronica Roth was envisioned as the next Hunger Games when it kicked off in 2014 with Oscar nominee Shailene Woodley in the lead role. The first film failed to capture Hunger Games numbers at the box office, but $288.9 million wasn’t exactly a disaster so … Continue reading Starz May Resurrect ‘Divergent’ Franchise with ‘Ascendant’ TV Series!!!

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Shailene Woodley Is Not Down for that ‘Divergent’ TV Series!!

The bad news keeps rolling in for fans of the Divergent series. Back in July, we learned that Lionsgate was pulling a pretty surprising move by re-positioning the YA franchise in light of sub-par theatrical performances. Instead of the planned fourth and final film, The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the saga will wrap-up on TV (it’s unclear if the plan is for a series or TV … Continue reading Shailene Woodley Is Not Down for that ‘Divergent’ TV Series!!

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New Details Emerge on Lionsgate’s Plan to Send ‘Divergent’ to TV!!

The Divergent series has gone from forgettable imitator to dubious disaster. Last month, we reported that rather than have the final entry in the series wrap up in theaters, Lionsgate was now sending it to TV and using that as a springboard for a spinoff series because when audiences say that they didn’t like your first three movies, what they’re really saying is, “Please give me a TV series … Continue reading New Details Emerge on Lionsgate’s Plan to Send ‘Divergent’ to TV!!

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‘The Divergent Series: Ascendent’ to Skip Theaters, Conclude Franchise with TV Movie and Spinoff Series!!

Fans of the Divergent franchise might want to sit down. What began as a highly anticipated potential successor to The Hunger Games may take its final bow on the small screen, with a TV movie that may or may not even star the original cast. Per Variety, the final installment in the film franchise, The Divergent Series: Ascendant, may be skipping a theatrical release altogether, with Lionsgate instead keen on wrapping … Continue reading ‘The Divergent Series: Ascendent’ to Skip Theaters, Conclude Franchise with TV Movie and Spinoff Series!!

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“The Divergent Series: Ascendant” loses its director!!

Robert Schwentke is exiting as director of Lionsgate’s fourth and final “Divergent” film after directing the second and third films in the franchise. The move comes two months after Lionsgate decided to move the fourth film — “The Divergent Series: Ascendant” back from March 24, 2017 to June 9, 2017. That opened the spring break date for its “Power Rangers” movie. The third film in … Continue reading “The Divergent Series: Ascendant” loses its director!!

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Box Office

Unfriended & Paul Blart Cannot Keep up with Furious 7 at the BO!!

The fast cars sequel withe the gravity-defying stunts is barreling toward the $300 million mark Stateside, having already hurtled past the $1 billion mark globally. Domestically, “Furious 7″ has earned $294.4 million. Despite “Furious 7’s” continued dominance, “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2″ did better than expected, pulling in a solid $24 million across 3,633 locations. It had been projected to fall short of the $20 … Continue reading Unfriended & Paul Blart Cannot Keep up with Furious 7 at the BO!!

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Furious 7 Stomps New Releases at the BO With $60.6 million!!

“Furious 7” roared to the top of the box office chart for the second weekend in a row, picking up $60.6 million and driving its stateside total to a massive $252.5 million. That’s a slender 59% drop from the Universal Pictures release’s record-breaking $147.2 million debut and puts “Furious 7” on track to be the highest-grossing film in the history of the “Fast and Furious” … Continue reading Furious 7 Stomps New Releases at the BO With $60.6 million!!

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Furious 7 smashes records with $384 millions opening worldwide!!

Looks like the whole world went to watch the seventh installment of this crazy franchise!! The film also starring late actor Paul Walker – brought in a record-breaking $143.6m (U.S only) during its opening weekend, beating the likes of last year’s Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier. Its earnings make it the 9th largest opening weekend of all time, and the top earning non-superhero movie … Continue reading Furious 7 smashes records with $384 millions opening worldwide!!

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Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Scifi

Insurgent (2015) Review!!

Synopsis – Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart with the help from others on her side. My Take – For a past few years Hollywood has found a new obsession – converting novels based on distopian futures into film! The huge success of the Hunger Games franchise somehow proved … Continue reading Insurgent (2015) Review!!

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‘Home’ Invades ‘Get Hard’ at the BO!!!

Animated family film Home easily topped the North American box office with $54 million from 3,708 theaters in a much-needed win for Jeffrey Katzenberg‘s DreamWorks Animation. Overseas, the music-infused title has earned $48.2 million for an early worldwide total of $102.2 million. The strong performances of Home and Warner Bros.‘ R-rated comedy Get Hard, coming in No. 2 with a pleasing $34.6 million debut from … Continue reading ‘Home’ Invades ‘Get Hard’ at the BO!!!

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Divergent Sequel Insurgent crushes Sean Penn’s Taken version The Gunman at the BO!!

Two women-centered films led a strong box office weekend — Insurgent and Cinderella — and they couldn’t be more different. In its opening weekend, the second installment of the Divergent series took the weekend box office with a haul that matched its predecessor’s with $54 million (the first brought in a touch more at the same time last year with $54.6 million). Cinderella backed up … Continue reading Divergent Sequel Insurgent crushes Sean Penn’s Taken version The Gunman at the BO!!

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